The Democratic Republic of Congo is in the midst of their first nation wide election in over 35 years. Voting Poles in Congo are being extended until today to compensate for the amount of people that were not able to vote yesterday. Voting centers have been chaotic and have run out of ballots and have even had to make p
eople walk in the mud and rain to get to other polling stations. Congo is experiencing a lot of tension right now between supporters of current president Joseph Kabila and those that are taking drastic measures to ensure Prime Minister
Étienne Tshisekedi is elected. People transporting ballot boxes from remote regions are being tragically attacked and killed to prevent their votes from being counted. Some claim that ballot boxes are being stuffed and tampered with and as a result violence is breaking out across the country that believe this election is becoming illegitimate.
Please pray for these elections as more violence is bound to erupt from those opposed to the candidate after the winner is announced.
I found a couple articles along with a video that explains what is going on right now if want to read more.
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